The female personification of Smell allows the man accompanying her to smell a flower. Near her lap is the head of a dog.
| Artist |
Jan Saenredam
RKD
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Hendrick Goltzius
RKD
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Cornelius Schonaeus
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| Title | The Smell, from the series The Five Senses |
| Date | ca. 1575 - 1607 |
| Period |
16th century
17th century |
| Medium and support | burin engraving AAT |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type | burin engraving AAT |
| Inventory number | 2014-NC |
| Acquisition credit |
unknown
2014 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-NC |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11733/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055866
allegory (artistic device)
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25G41
flowers
Iconclass
31A33 smell, smelling (one of the five senses) Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 31D13 adolescent, young woman, maiden Iconclass 34B11 dog Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
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